Quotes about Submission

One good way to check our motives when doing something for the Lord is to see how sweet and patient we can remain when it does not go the way we want it to.

So my first point is simply: life in Christ has to do with obedience to his teaching.

Death to self is submitting all your desires to God. This abandonment of the self to God is the way to experience abundance in God. It means that, in God's hands, we are content for him to take charge of outcomes

Humility is the beautiful condition of people who have learned to surrender their desires, their glory, and their power.

Meekness implies a spirit of gratitude as opposed to an attitude of self-sufficiency, an acknowledgement of a greater power beyond oneself, a recognition of God, and an acceptance of his commandments.

Maturity comes from obedience, not necessarily from age.

You see, we don't have enough sense to make these decisions. Somehow, you just get led to where you're supposed to be, if you're willing to submit.

After you have said "thy will be done," what more can be said? And where do you find the strength to pray "thy will be done" after you see what it means?

Resign your destiny to higher powers.

I gave all up to him to do with me as he pleased, and was willing that God should rule over me at his pleasure

The submission which you demand of yourself to the general fact of evil in the world, your apparent acquiescence in it, is here nothing but the conviction that evil at large is none of your business until your business with your private particular evils is liquidated and settled up.

About what you want. The goal of prayer is to change your own heart, to want what He wants, to the glory of God.